CINEMA operator Everyman Media is getting the bigger picture with further expansion.

The Aim-listed chain focuses on hospitality including sofas, fresh pizzas and gin and tonics.

They all helped deliver three times the average spend at multiplexes.

It is adding six venues including Bristol and Harrogate to its existing 16 which are mainly in London and the South-east.

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The Aim-listed chain focuses on hospitality

Chief executive Crispin Lilly said that while it had done well with the latest Bond and Star Wars films, its top 10 list last year also included The Lady In The Van, written by Alan Bennett, and Amy, about Amy Winehouse.

He said: “We are a very affordable treat and we are far less dependent on blockbusters.”

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